Good players have to show their worth every time they join a server. I'm part of a low percentage of people who can play sniper well on mvm. It's considered not worth having a sniper on mvm by most players, even experienced ones. Spy is in the same boat. I need not say the amount of times teams have chosen to kick me before even seeing me in action. If we have ways of showing that we were good at our specific classes in mvm it would turn the tide. Unless you have a friend on the server you can't even boast of more kills then everyone else.

Class allocation would be easier to decide when ribbons are worn by players. (He's completed 23 tours as demo, perhaps I should let him play demo.) I feel such an update is easily done at little cost to valve and would bring players back to the game.

I don't mean for us to fall into ranks like other fps tend to do but only to add a few achievements and pride to the faces of players who perform well. If I've completed 20 expert tours as sniper, I want my sniper ribbon to say so. Just a thought... I think it would add more achievements to the game and more players to mvm and cut out some of the arguements between players as to why they have a class considered to be worthless. As well as adding a little compitition between friends and players alike to level up their ribbons.